최근 동아시아 지역에서 인위적 배출량의 감소에도 불구하고, 봄철에 한국에서는 잦은 연무 사례가 발생하고 있 다. 북동 태평양에서 자주 발생하는 대기 블로킹은 지구 규모 대기 변동과 동아시아 지역의 서풍 기류를 정체시키기도 한다. 2019년 3월 동아시아 지역의 온난하고 정체적인 종관 기상 특성이 알래스카 대기 블로킹이 발생한 6-7일 후에 일어나고 있었다. 특히, 2019년 3월 18-24일에 발생한 알래스카 대기 블로킹은 3월 25-28일 동안 한국에서 일평균 미 세먼지(particulate matter; PM10) 질량농도가 50 μg m−3을 넘는 고농도 PM10 연무 사례가 발생하는 데 영향을 미치고 있 었다. 한편, WRF-Chem 모델을 활용하여 한국의 고농도 PM10 연무 사례에 대한 인위적 배출의 장거리 수송 기여도는 30-40%를 나타내고 있었다. PM10 에어로졸 구성 성분인 황산염, 질산염, 암모늄, 블랙 카본, 유기 탄소, 기타 무기물의 장거리 수송 기여도는 각각 10-15, 20-25, 5-10, 5-10, 5-10, 15-20%를 나타내었다. 질소 산화물이 온난하고 정체적인 대기에서 암모늄과의 광화학 반응으로 형성된 질산암모늄은 한국의 고농도 PM10 연무 사례에 대한 장거리 수송 기여도 가 PM10 에어로졸 중 가장 큰 비중을 나타내고 있었다.

동아시아 여름몬순의 강도와 북서태평양 여름몬순의 강도는 음의 상관을 갖는 것으로 알려져 왔다. 여기서 우리는 이 관계를 이용하여 북동아시아 여름철 강수의 잠재예측성을 조사하였다. 북서태평양 아열대 고기압은 북서태평양 여름몬순을 적절히 나타내며, 북서태평양-동아시아 지역 여름철 기후편차에 주된 성분이다. 그리고 북서태평양 아열대고기압 변동성을 이용한 북동아시아 여름철 강수 편차의 추정값은 북서태평양 여름몬순지수를 이용하는 것보다 더 낫다.

The result of comparison and analysis study of institutionalization and exchange status of environmental education in South Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Japan, Northeast Asian countries that are closely related to Korea, is summarized as the following: First, this study shows that the process of environmental education institutionalization requires an instigation. For example, a specific environmental policy is established after raising awareness to modify environmental policies, as the result of aggravation of damage due to pollution. Therefor, it is the necessary process for the establishment of an environmental policy in order to proceed environmental education institutionalization. Second, even though institutionalization processes of environmental education for the three countries are considered to be very similar, differences are apparent if one carefully examines the content of environmental education for each country. In particular, South Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Japan all agree that environmental education is necessary, but differ in their ideas of main body for advocating institutionalization, as well as maintenance level of environmental education. Third, the order of establishment of environmental education institutionalization is Japan, South Korea and China and there exists about a 10 years time gap between each country. Fourth, the environmental education exchange was formed between South Korea and the People's Republic of China and between South Korea and Japan, first. Then it was enlarged to TEMM(Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting) and TEEN(Tripartite Environmental Education Network) among three countries.

To investigate characteristics of biogeochemical environment of the Korea Deep Ocean Study(KODOS) area in the northeast Pacific Ocean, we preferentially measured inorganic nutrients and fluorescent organic matters. Typically, the permanent thermocline was well developed at the depth of 200∼1000m in the study area. Nitrate, phosphate and silicate were low in the surface mixed layer and increased with depth. N/P and N/Si showed 15 and 0.2 respectively in the deeper layer. Two fluorophores, biomacromolecule(protein-like) and geomacromolecule (humic-like), were observed by three dimensional fluorescence excitation/emission spectra matrix. Biomacromolecule(maximum fluorescence at Ex_280nm/Em_330nm) ranged from 41.9 to 147.0 TU with its maximum in the surface mixed layer and minimum in deeper water. This is a same trend that has been reported for DOC in the equatorial Pacific. This suggests that biomacromolecule might be labile and converted to refractory humic substance after bacterial degradation in the deeper layer. On the contrary, geomacromolecule(maximum fluorescence at Ex_330nm/Em_430), ranged from 7.6 to 46.5 QSU, showed minimum in the surface mixed layer(euphotic zone) implying photodegradation and then increased with depth at all stations. In the characteristics of vertical profiles, the relationship between biomacromolecule and geomacromolecule showed negative correlation. Such trend can be attributed to biochemical regeneration or formation of fluorescent materials accompanying oxidation and remineralization of settling organic matter.